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Dnyanesh Prabhu

Enterprise Data Architect

SKY TV New Zealand

Dnyanesh is the Enterprise Data architect at SKY TV NZ. He started various data initiatives in SKY including the big data initiative which is helping transform SKY into a data driven organization. The SKY big data use case was shortlisted for Data Impact Awards - NY 2016. He was invited to present SKY big data case study in Strata Hadoop Conference –Singapore 2016 and Gartner Data Summit - Feb 2017. He has more than 16 years of experience in consulting, managing, designing and architecting data solutions for multinational corporations like Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Aviva, ANZ and Westpac. Dnyanesh is TOGAF certified Enterprise Architect and Teradata masters certified professional.

Jay Strydom

Manager, Architecture & Solutions - Business Intelligence

BNZ

Jay is the architecture and solutions manager for finance services and operations at BNZ with 15+ years of commercial experience. Jay’s passion lies in applying software engineering practices to produce simple solutions to solve complex real-life business problems. Diverse skill set includes innovation, process improvement, influencing and taking ownership of user experience initiatives, coaching and providing technical leadership to a range of specialists at BNZ.

Lydia Bandzo

Solution Delivery Manager - Business Intelligence

BNZ

Lydia is a Business Intelligence Solution Delivery Manager at BNZ with over ten years of project management experience, where 9 years were exclusively dedicated to BI programmes of work. Lydia is very passionate about data driven environments, and the power of information delivery. Lydia is now leading BI Solution Delivery Team of 12 ETL, BO, Tableau, Application developers, and Scrum Masters delivering on the BNZ financial and enterprise reporting.

Pieta Brown

Manager - Data & Analaytics

PwC

Pieta brings a real passion for data and analytics, technical expertise, practical common sense and the ability to see the big picture to PwC’s clients. She’s focused on doing work that really adds value and can be measured. Pieta believes broad thinking form multiple disciplines is critical to analytics success and her data science ‘dream team’ comprises technical expertise alongside psychology, anthropology and design.

Anthony Belsham

Chief Executive Officer

Fronde Systems

Ant believes strongly in the power of teams, technology, innovation, and having a deep focus on customers in order to deliver them exceptional business outcomes. Ant was appointed to the role of CEO for Fronde in December 2015. Prior his appointment Ant held multiple senior roles in IT, Product Development, Operations, Manufacturing, Sales, Supply Chain, and Quality at Fisher & Paykel. His unique mix of Business Strategy & Execution, Technical, and Leadership skills, and a career which has given him both breadth & depth, has enabled him and his teams to deliver outstanding results.